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Hello everyone! Today- B: usual shake L: half a meatball, about a quarter cup of roasted cauliflower D: half a panko breaded tilapia fillet, quarter cup of mashed sweet potatoes and about two tablespoons broccoli in cheese sauce Wow... way more veggies than I usually manage Water intake needs to improve Oh, The Ugly Truth was funny. :wink2:

Hi everyone... TOM arrived today. I got on the scale even though I was feeling bloated and yucky and it was 185.0! That was my Turkey Day goal. I am claiming victory! WOOT!!! Kind of skipped Breakfast. I just got busy. I was getting hungry and looked at the clock and it was 10am. So I had lunch instead. Lunch at 10am: third of a turkey burger with bbq sauce and cheese, quarter cup mashed sweet potatoes and a quarter cup of ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery Dinner: half cup of homemade taco salad with 4 tortilla chips and a quarter cup ice cream. I got The Ugly Truth from netflix today so I am going to go plop myself on my chair with a delicious bottle of Water and watch it! :thumbup:

I normally weigh on Mondays but for some ridiculous reason, I got on the scale today right after TOM showed up. WOOT! WOOT! I made my Turkey Day goal! I am claiming it! YEE HAW!

Hi everyone.... getting a grip.. starting tomorrow! It has been a VERY long, stressful week. Between my work situation (which thankfully appears to be settled), my husband had a change of location and hours at his job and everything else. I am going to put it behind me and move on. I snacked WAY too much the last few days. The scale is holding steady so I am grateful for that. But I need to get my head in the game here.... I have come to far to slide now. Today- B: didn't eat until 10am had a third of a turkey burger with bbq sauce and cheese and about a quarter cup of mashed sweet potatoes L: 2 wheat thin flatbread tuscan herb with chicken salad on them D: 1 slice thin crust cheese pizza, 6 m&m's.

I actually have decent restriction. I can't eat more than 1/2 to 1 cup of food at a time. I am just worried about snacking on junk because I am stressed... nothing to do with hunger.

Hi everyone... I am very nervous about what is to come for me. I am experiencing job-related stress right now. Without giving too much detail, work has become very divided and ugly and most probably they will be calling a strike/lockout tomorrow. I am still struggling day to day with balancing my stress levels without using food as a coping mechanism. I have done really well. I am 4 months post-op with no fill so far and I have lost 55 lbs. I know I cannot allow any stress in my life impede my band journey. I guess I am nervous about it because it was always my pattern in the past. I would do great losing weight until I was stressed about something and then it all went down the drain.

I'm in! Thanks for starting this!!

Today was awful. Work is getting stressful and ugly. B: usual shake L: chicken salad with pita chips D: half a meatball and about 10 whole wheat rotini Snacked in the middle of the afternoon when I got home. Mindlessly ate 4 doritos and a bit of a twix. :tongue2: I did drink more Water today.

Hi everyone... I lost 1.8 lbs this week. I am down to 185.2. Only .2 to make this challenge!!! Not sure how it happened... I did not have a very good week but who knows about the mysteries of the body?? :smile2:

Hello everyone... B: usual shake L: chicken salad on crackers D: half a meatball S: 2 homemade Cookies

Hi everyone... Feeling very stressed. Work problems. I am probably going to be on strike this time next week. I hate the uncertainty. It is scary. I am trying to be vigilant and not 'eat the stress' Today- B: iced caramel macchiato from starbucks L: sliver of meatloaf, little bit of stuffing (the stuffing was a problem... threw the rest away today!) D: half a meatball snacked today while I cooked but only on veggies Cooked a boatload today. Made a fresh delicious batch of meatballs, chicken salad, roasted cauliflower, roasted sweet potatoes with apples, chili, and grilled 5 chicken breasts just to have for the family to grab. I did all this in addition to cleaning my house from top to bottom, steaming all the carpets, cleaning out my garage (including loading the car full and taking for donation) and doing all the laundry. Just nervous energy, I guess, because now I feel like I am going to fall over from exhaustion! Tomorrow I am going to do better with WATER!

I guess I am the opposite. I am eating better food than I did before. I just eat a little bit. I take more time preparing my food and make sure it is exactly what I want. For me, I am loving the freedom of it all. There is no more guilt associated with food. I know I can have a tiny bit and be satisfied. I am looking forward to the holidays. I am looking forward to baking this year. I have avoided it the last few years because I knew I would eat it and feel guilty. Now I know that a half cookie with my meal will satisfy me and I can go on. I haven't found any food I can't eat yet. I can eat bread but it fills me VERY quickly so I find if I do eat it, I only have a bite or two. Somebody mentioned a big mac. I was craving one so I got one. I took the two patties off the bread and I ate it with a fork. I think I ate about a third of it. It was delicious. In the past, I would have felt so guilty and let that set me off on a binge. I am happy to say that is a thing of the past. Good luck to you!

Well, ok. I didn't eat well today. But, I did NOT snack.. so that is something! B: iced mocha latte -smallest one they had L: cup of fire roasted tomato Soup and half a Peanut Butter cookie D: half a meatball and half a parmesan crisp It was a VERY poorly planned day. I kind of ate crappy but at least it was meals.. not snacking. AND... I bought a size 14 jeans today because they were only $15 at costco and figured I could just hold onto them until I could get into them. Well... I got home AND THEY FIT!!! I can even breathe in them! WOOT! Very exciting for me!

Hi everyone! New size today so I will answer this question... Pants: was size 22 (and they were getting tight!) Today I bought a 14 jeans (NOT women's) and they FIT! :cursing: Tops: was a 2X Now I am a L or XL depending on the fit of the shirt... those really narrow shirts I need an XL.

Hi everyone... I can't believe I haven't posted in like 4 days! The first two were ok... same ole stuff. These last two days I have been VERY busy and out of my normal routine. I have been snacking non-stop! It's awful. A bite here.. a bite there. Half a cookie here, a bite of snickers there... even normal food I have just been snacking on, not really eating when I am supposed to. UGH!!!! Ok. Time to regroup. Just a minor speed bump and I WILL get back on track. Busy day tomorrow. I am meeting a few former coworkers for coffee (at a BAKERY!) and I have some errands to run AND I need to try to get my dog into the vet... she is peeing all over the house... something is definately wrong! Anyway... just going to move forward, really no other direction to follow, right? :thumbup:

Hi everyone! I lost 1 lb this week. 2 more lbs to go for this challenge!

Congratulations Amy! That is awesome! Love the new pic!

Hi! I think the amazing thing about gastric banding is how it varies from person to person. What I can eat, other people can't. As to how much I eat, well at first, I was SO SCARED I was going to screw something up so I ate the tiniest bit of food... took ridiculously tiny bites. But I discovered just how little food I truly needed. I think it was then I learned what 'satisfied' means as opposed to 'full'. I also had to learn what actual hunger felt like as opposed to just wanting food. For me, this journey has been all emotional. The food and eating part has been easy for me. Dealing with my mind has been much harder. This has made me dig deep and deal with the real reason I ate. Eating was easier than dealing with emotions. It's a learning process. The one thing I am happiest about in this journey is I have gained hope. I can see myself getting to goal where I never had that before. Losing weight was so daunting, I couldn't see the end. So even if I have a day where I don't eat very well, it's ok. It is just one day in the journey. I just need to keep moving forward and not look back. Good luck to you! I can't wait to hear about your success!

Today B: usual shake L: quarter cup chicken salad with 4 pita chips, 1 bite size snickers D: half slice meatloaf, quarter cup mashed sweet potatoes had half a triple chocolate mint cookie when baking with my boys today.. ugh! snacking! I should have saved it to eat with my dinner

Hi everyone... happy halloween! Friday B: shake L: I don't remember D: half slice of meatloaf with about 2 tablespoons mashed potatoes and 4 carrots Today B: chocolate Protein shake with 1 tablespoon nutella L: nachos with cheese, Beans, ground beef and salsa- maybe about 10 chips total D: half a meatball extras: had a grande iced caramel macchiato Hope everyone just stays away from the halloween candy! Or if you make the conscious decision to have a piece, have it with your meal, enjoy it and move on! No mindless snacking! :Yawn:

Hi everyone! Been sooooooooo busy! Plus the boys are STILL sick! ugh Wednesday B: usual shake L: chicken salad on 3 ritz crackers, diced peaches D: stuffing, chicken, gravy mixture, mashed sweet potato. I think for the first time I over-ate. It was only about a cup of food altogether but it was filling. I wasn't paying attention. I didn't finish it all but I felt uncomfortable for about two hours. Thursday B: usual shake L: half a meatball D: half a slice of pizza It was a weird day. I went to work at my usual 7am but I left at 1030am. I came home and made 100 cupcakes. Then I had to go back to work. I worked 4-8p so I ate my pizza there kind of on the run. I made the cupcakes for work. They smelled delicious and everyone said they were good but I really didn't even want one. I did lick the frosting while I was frosting them. :sad:

Hi everyone... Today B: half a meatball L: just enough chicken salad for 3 club crackers and 3 pieces of diced peaches D: a big mac- I took the patties off the bread and then I ate about a third of it and 2 french fries Have been craving that big mac. It was yummy. Next time I think I will just make a tiny bit of ground beef and put some thousand island dressing in it. That would probably do the trick too.

Hi everyone... Today B: usual shake L: stuffing and chicken-same as yesterday (about half cup) D: half a meatball, parmesan crisp

Hello everyone! Lost .8 lbs this week. That leaves me with 3 lbs to lose for this challenge. 3 lbs in 4 weeks??? TOTALLY DO-ABLE!!! :wink2:

Hi everyone... Today B: usual Protein shake L: tiny bit of homemade stuffing with a bit of chopped up chicken- browned this up in a pan and put a little gravy on it. The whole thing was about a third cup. I also had 4 roasted carrots and I wedge of roasted potato D: half a meatball and parmesan crisp On another note, both my boys are sick. Flu-ish. Fever, sneezing, coughing. Yuck.